Outlook 2010 offers you and new and refreshing approach to having total control and organisation of your communication. In just a few clicks, bundle email topics together into conversation blocks and decide quickly and effectively how to categorise, archive ignore and delete them.

Organise several accounts in one location

Synchronise your Outlook 2010 with several accounts including Hotmail, Google Mail as well as a wide range of others. Improved connectivity with the Microsoft Exchange Server supports use and organisation of several exchange server accounts as well.

Complete frequent tasks with just one click

QuickSteps helps you save time by creating quick click-through buttons, enabling access to tasks that would usually take several clicks to achieve. One example of this could be answering emails with a meeting invitation, moving mails to a designated folder or creating emails for a group of recipients.

The Nu approach to scheduling

Plan your appointments, authorise available slots in your calendar, organise your work schedule: using the new calendar feature embedded into your email messages, scheduling an appointment with a group of recipients quickly and without schedule clashes has never been easier. By using Outlook 2010 on your exchange server, you have total control over group schedule planning, showing several schedules in one clear overview and allowing you to combine frequently used calendar groups together in one location.

Using the search option

The improved search option enables you to search and organise large volumes of emails, calendar elements and contact info competently and quickly.

Impressive emails

Catch your recipients eye by including a wide range of impressive visual elements from the SmartArt repertoire, as well as select from a wide scope of different design and format settings.

E-Mails for a specific target audience

Business users are frequently concerned about sending unnecessary emails to incorrect contacts, for example, to colleagues who are out of office, sending a specific message to a huge mailing list incorrectly, or accidentally releasing sensitive information to recipients outside of the company. Using the new email info feature, you will be notified if you are about to send an email to a large mailing list, or to a person out of office or indeed out of house, reducing the amount of misguided email sending substantially.

Receive voicemail and faxes

The latest technology included in the Exchange Server 2010 allows you to forward and receive voicemail and faxes directly in your inbox, allowing you to have access to all your information, be it via PC, Outlook Mobile or Outlook Web Access.

Live conversations directly from Outlook

Using the Office Communicator in combination with Outlook 2010 you can view a list of all your friends and contact them straight away without having to leave Outlook. Mouse over the contact name and know instantly if that person is available or not and if desired, begin a conversation using instant messaging, call or video call directly in Outlook.

Product Features

• Bundle email topics into one conversation
• Organise several accounts in one interface
• One-click solution for frequent tasks
• Improved scheduling solution
• Improved search options
• Impressive visual effects for email
• Define emails for specific target groups
• Voicemail and fax directly in your inbox
• Live conversations directly in Outlook

System requirements

• Windows XP SP3 (32-Bit), Windows Vista SP1 (32-/64-Bit), Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-/64-Bit) with MSXML 6.0 installed, Windows Server 2008 (32-/64-Bit), Windows 7 (32-/64-Bit). Terminal Server and WOW (Windows on Windows) (enabling the installation of 32-Bit versions of Office 2010 on a 64-Bit OS) supported.
• 500-MHz processor, 1 GHz required for Outlook with Business Contact Manager.
• 256 MB RAM; 512 MB recommended for graphics features, Outlook search, Outlook with Business Contact Manager, Communicator and particular additional functions.
• 3,5 GB free hard disk space.
• Monitor resolution 1024 × 768 or higher; 1024 × 576 or higher for Excel 2010, OneNote 2010, Outlook 2010, PowerPoint 2010 and Word 2010.
• Additional info: Requirements and product functions can vary according system configuration.
• Graphic hardware acceleration users require DirectX 9.0c compatible graphic cards with a video memory of 64 MB or more.
• Windows XP Tablet PC Edition or higher required for certain free-hand features.
• Voice recognition requires a microphone and audio output device.
• Information admin rights features require access to a PC with Windows Server 2003 SP1 or higher including Windows rights admin service.
• Connection to Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server or higher required for additional functions in Office Outlook 2007 required.
• Instant search requires Windows Desktop search 3.0.
• Server connection required for dynamic calendar.
• A connection to a PC with Windows Server 2003 SP1 or higher and Windows SharePoint Services required for additional cooperation functions.
• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 required for specific additional functions, e.g. PowerPoint slide library.
• Cooperative use of data on several computers requires Windows Server 2003 SP1, Windows XP Professional SP2 or higher on the host PC.
• Internet Explorer 6 or higher, 32-Bit-Browser. Internet connection required for internet functions (n.b. subject to possible provider costs).
• Grammar and context-relative spell-check in Word 2010 only then activated on a PC containing more than 1 GB RAM.
• Silverlight Plug-In. See first steps with Microsoft Silverlight.